The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-28

of two pieces of pipe of the kind ordinarily
used for drains in the public streets. The
two lengths were set up side by side and
joined by IA series of silver bands. On each
drain pipe was a terra Gotta vine, and an
immaculate white lily was painted near the
! top or the joint ends. They were of the
same dusty and dirty hue that characterized
them when taken out of the ground. In
! fact. the dirt had not been thoroughly
washed from them, except where the lilies
were painted This was the latest thing in
umbrella racks
Its not my own idea" the lady of the
house said, Regretfully, as ! stared at the
extraordinary mixture of sewer pipes and
| high art, ''the idea comes from London, of
course | saw them in a dozen houses
there, and when | arrived on the AuIania,
two weeks ago, | sent note to Commits
soner Hess, whom / know, and he had two
bits Of old pipe sent to me from Broadway,
VIII are they are tearing up the pavement so
as to lay the wires underground. They are
deliciously old and disreputable specimens,
and top anything | saw abroad. The effect
of extreme age is the one to be most sought
after, and newnesS is to be abhorred. | am
going to Newport on Saturday I'd so to-
morrow, only ! have 10 wait until the car
penters can make a black walnut case to
hold the rack"
Are you going to carry it to Newport
with yos"
'Well. rather 1t will be more of a SEN
sation than anything that has been shown
there thus far this season. 1t ought to carry
me through the first week amid intense ex-
element"
The craze for queer and uncouth objects
for decorating houses grows more rapid
constantly. Not long ago ] was in an apart
ment decorated almost entirely by whips of
every conceivable fashion and size down
to modern cowboy lash. The effect was UNI
usually interesting. A Philadelphia mill
ionairo named Fales, who died some years
ago, had devoted great deal of his time to
collectik; canes They were from all quar-
ters of the globe and ranged from the spike
sticks of the South Sea Islanders to the Lon
don ''crutch and toothpickn canes, which
were popular in London at that time.
Nearly all of them weressold at auction in
New York. / never heard what became of
the collection until about a month ago,
when / saw nearly 400 of them ranged
around the walls of library in big house
in Seventy-second street. They stood up
right on the floor, held by n rack, and they
formed an admirable substitute for vain
soothing. The history of every cane was
fastened on the wall above the handle of
the stick to which it referred
know of a japanese room in which sew
eral panels of the wall are formed of Japa-
nese tapestries, with portraits of various
members Of the family worked in. The
head q Me house is distinguished by eye
glasses and pair of enormous whiskers
His portrait is the most prominent one in
the room. All but the face is japanese,
and no one can have any idea of the absurd
effect of japanese mandarin with side
whiskers and eyeglasses until they see this
work of art. 1t is by all odds the most
wonderful thing | ever saw, yet the family
look upon it with abject reverence
The extreme in decorative art is becoming
humorous. BLAKELY HALL.